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Archive for 2011
March 26, 2011
VIRGINIA POSTREL: Taking The “Mommy Track” Without Shame.
AT AMAZON, a sale on Fantasy & Science Fiction Movies.
LAWS, LIKE TAXES, ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: Friends Of Angelo — and Angelo — skate while small fry go to jail. “Mr. Mozilo’s company made billions in profit, some of it on liar loans that he acknowledged at the time were likely to be fraudulent and which did untold damage to the economy. And he personally was paid hundreds of millions of dollars. Though he agreed last year to a $67.5 million fine to settle fraud charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, it was a small fraction of what he earned. Otherwise, he walked. Thus does the Justice Department display its priorities in the aftermath of the crisis.”
THE “NEW CIVILITY” REPLACED BY THE STENCH OF DESPERATION: Media Matters plots “guerrilla warfare and sabotage” against Fox?
BOTTOM NEWS OF THE DAY: Schism Brews In Coffee Party. Like the Judean People’s Front. Splitter!
OUR TAX CODE is corrupt.
THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN, the President’s expansive view of war powers would be praised and defended by the likes of John Yoo. And they were right!
EUGENE VOLOKH ON Islam And The First Amendment. “I know of no sources that suggested that anyone during the Framing era understood the Constitution as excluding ‘Mahometans,’ or non-Christians more generally, from either the Free Exercise Clause or the No Religious Test Clause.”
GERALDINE FERRARO has died.
UPDATE: Some video.
IN THE MAIL: From Thomas Sowell, Economic Facts and Fallacies: Second Edition.
WELL, THAT SEEMS FAIR: The Hill: GOP sets sights on AARP over its support for healthcare reform.
KEITH HENNESSEY: What Happened To Stimulus vs. Austerity?
AT AMAZON, a computer Outlet Sale.
A WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL: President Obama’s Weak Message To Latin America.
SYRIA’S MOMENT? “Syrians in the town of Deraa have overthrown a statue of the late dictator Hafez Assad, father of the present dictator Bashar Assad. This heroic feat brings to mind the tremendous moment in Baghdad when the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled. The difference is that American forces brought down Saddam, while the Syrians themselves have smashed this vainglorious statue. Their bravery is immense. This is a moment which Syrians will speak about to their children and grandchildren.”
MORE ON THAT Huffington Post “civility” mess. “It will be sad to see Maher go. He can be very funny.”
COMPARING OBAMA’S PERFORMANCE ON LIBYA with George H.W. Bush on Kuwait.
SO IS THIS THE HOPE, OR THE CHANGE? Massachusetts job fair canceled because of lack of jobs. “A Massachusetts employment organization has canceled its annual job fair because not enough companies have come forward to offer jobs. Richard Shafer, chairman of the Taunton Employment Task Force, says 20 to 25 employers are needed for the fair scheduled for April 6, but just 10 tables had been reserved. One table was reserved by a nonprofit that offers human services to job seekers, and three by temporary employment agencies.”
BRUCE ACKERMAN: Obama’s Unconstitutional War. “By unilaterally going to war against Libya, Obama is bringing America closer to the imperial presidency than Bush ever did.”
Related: Why Obama’s Libya war coalition is the smallest in decades.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Community College vs. Student Loan Debt.
One of the articles in our special section on Money Through the Ages (produced in partnership with the public radio program Marketplace Money) is about an 18-year-old high school senior with a choice to make. Should he go into at least $6,500 in debt each year to attend a private college or university like Juniata or Clark, or is he better off working part time and attending community college for two years before transferring to one of those colleges?
See the discussion in the comments.
LIVE UPDATES on the uprisings in Syria.